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LANGUAGE

The Census asks questions about language use at home to locate groups of people who speak a language other than English. Their isolation or integration into a primarily English speaking community can be determined by their ability to speak English proficiently.

Language Spoken at Home, 1990-2000
1990 2000
Number Percent Number Percent
Only English 36,234 97.85% 40,561 97.23%
Spanish 256 0.69% 714 1.71%
Other Indo-European* 416 1.12% 304 0.73%
Asian Language** 110 0.30% 123 0.29%
Other 13 0.04% 14 0.03%
Total Population Age 5+ 37,029 100.00% 41,716 100.00%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 2000
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 226 31.65%
Other Indo-European* 114 37.50%
Asian Language** 63 51.22%
Other Language 0 0.00%
Total 403 0.97%

Population Speaking English Less Than "Very Well" in 1990
Language Spoken at Home: Number Percent
Spanish 62 24.22%
Other Indo-European* 101 24.28%
Asian Language** 36 32.73%
Other Language 0 -
Total 199 0.54%

* "Other Indo-European" excludes English and Spanish. "Indo-European" is not synonymous with "European." French, German, Hindi, and Persian are all classified as Indo-European. Hungarian, on the other hand, is lumped into "Other Language."

** "Asian Language" includes languages indigenous to Asia and Pacific islands areas that are not also Indo-European languages. Chinese, Japanese, Telugu, and Hawaiian are all classified here.

Also note that ability to speak English "very well" is based on the self-assessment of those responding to Census questions, not on a test of language ability.

Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).

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